Author: Paul R. Pival
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Integration of Breeze and Captivate Enables Easy Creation, Distribution, and Presentation of E-Learning Simulations for Virtual Classrooms
I was really excited when I first saw this on OLDaily, but it seems the big news is for those who have both Captivate and the full blown version of Breeze; my campus just has a mini-version it seems, so none of this new functionality is supported. Regardless, there’s an update to Captivate out there…
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IM goes live at UNLV Libraires
I’ve really got to weed some of my feeds. I find that if I run in to an interesting post that goes on for more than a paragraph I let it sit until I have time to digest it, and sadly I find it hard to make the time. As such, this great post by…
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Help needed for: Library Services for Off-Campus and Distance Education: an Annotated Bibliography
Jack Fritts writes to OFFCAMP: During our work at Annual, the Distance Learning Section agreed to take on Sandy Slade’s Bibliography. As I’m sure most of you know, Sandy produced three printed editions of Library Services for Off-Campus and Distance Education: an Annotated Bibliography. For the fourth edition, Sandy took the text online and has…
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Library materials given to search engines
I missed this announcement it seems. No libraries outside the US are involved in the beta – are any of you? Can you share your experience and/or some screenshots on how the final link is made? A leading library supplier is allowing the Internet’s top search engines to index its previously restricted reference material, hoping…
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Google Scholar Terms of Service
The Digital Librarian weblog was down for quite a while – I was waiting for it to come back up before linking to this interesting tidbit. The blog came back earlier this month but I missed it – here’s the new RSS 2.0 feed. Google Scholar Terms of Service So, I started reading Google Scholar’s…
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SanDisk Introduces FlashCP — Technology To Put Student Textbooks on a USB Flash Drive (MobileBurn)
Guess it’s gotta be tried to see if it’ll actually fly…Link: SanDisk Introduces FlashCP — Technology To Put Student Textbooks on a USB Flash Drive (MobileBurn).
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Online Powerpoint Presentation Tools – Best of Class: June 2005 – Online Collaboration and Web Conferencing Breaking News – Kolabora.com
No way can I keep up with New Media Evangelist Robin Good, who has a really nice update of Online Powerpoint Presentation Tools – Best of Class: June 2005. In about 35 mins. of effective audio visual show, I can give you a good roundup of the best rich-media web presentation tools that are available…
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registration open for VRD 2005
Registration for Virtual Reference Desk 2005 (November 14-15) is now open Link: VRD 2005: Home.
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Podcast Coverage of Google’s Library Digitization Project: Reports from Michigan and Oxford (ELIVE)
A couple of weeks ago I was unable to participate in an Educause webcast on the Google Library Digitization Project. However, I just finished listening to Podcast Coverage of Google’s Library Digitization Project: Reports from Michigan and Oxford and I think it was a better use of my time than sitting watching the ppt and…
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Professional Publishing: The Impact Factor of Google Scholar
Yowza, $350 for a 25 page report! So tempting… Don’t suppose any of you out there have read this? Link: Simba Information – Business Briefs – Professional Publishing: The Impact Factor of Google Scholar.